Comments on: All You Need is Love (all together now)

By: Lawrence

Lawrence — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:36:49 +0000

We should not be upset by this.
The dr is just an average woman with a fancy credential to cover up her lack of intellect. So apparently chemistry.com is just another vapid marketing sham like e-harmony.

By: Simone

Simone — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:36:00 +0000

Wow. That response speaks volumes. More and more I am beginning to see just how far gone is the insanity surrounding marriage in the U.S. (not sure if it’s this way everywhere in the world). I wonder if anyone here really knows whether or not they want to marry–there’s no room NOT to. Is everyone just psychologically bullied into it? Seems that way to me. And it makes me angry. I would like to decide what is right for me, free from stuff like the skewed message and the simplistic understanding of Darwin found in Dr. Fisher’s reply.

Must say, though–it’s getting easier to spot the madness and easier to tune it out the more I read about positive single lives and partake in the richness of my own life.

By: singleandalmost30

singleandalmost30 — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:53:09 +0000

I did not find your email rude, hostile or aggressive at all. It’s unfortunate that when people do not know how to answer a question; they immediately get angry and use taunts, instead of just saying I do not know…

By: Sixty and Single in Seattle

Sixty and Single in Seattle — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 06:33:44 +0000

Who’s hostile? Fisher’s hostile.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:02:07 +0000

Fine. I’ll say it. What a bitch! Seriously? That’s her response? I thought your questions was totally appropriate and I too was interested in hearing what she had to say.

She can go take a flying leap off the Grand Canyon sans parachute. Jerk.

By: Sharing the Quirky Love « Daily News

Sharing the Quirky Love « Daily News — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 14:34:39 +0000

[...] implication of women outnumbering men on college campuses (from our friends at Onely), a brief, heart-stopping exchange about “life’s greatest prize” from the ever-insightful Wendy Braitman at First Person Singular, and Rachel’s [...]

By: Deborah Robertson

Deborah Robertson — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 12:49:18 +0000

I must add my shock at the Dr’s response to your question – as someone in the midst of ending 22 years with my ‘life’s greatest prize” I was quite interested in her response. And truly, she made no sense and was unbelievably rude. Keep up the great work – your site is an inspiration to me. I especially love the article 40 reasons to be glad about being single and I read it often to remind myself that all is well and that loving myself is my ‘greatest prize” this year, xx Deborah

By: Winegoddesstx

Winegoddesstx — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 19:48:38 +0000

I’m stunned by Dr. Fisher’s response. Her oversimplification of the question and response, as well as the projection of her own hostility on you seems incredibly unprofessional and damaging to her credibility. If I reacted that way every time someone questioned something I said, I would not have a job.
Chers!

By: Elsie

Elsie — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:05:10 +0000

I too am shocked by her rudeness!

By: Rachel

Rachel — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 02:30:54 +0000

Not into mate hunting? You must be hostile! What matrimanical illogic…

There is so much more to evolutionary theory nowadays that spreading your genes… There’s a whole branch on how ideas spread, which according to some evolutionary biologists might even be more important now than genes (for example, Richard Dawkins who coined the term “meme” and has a rather scathing few pages in his book The Selfish Gene about overpopulation…)